Hi,
>
>
> I kept a close eye on the processes running and I don't think the
> git-index-pack process got above 20 MB.
>
> I suspect it was a bit slow because it seems their server throttles
> connections.
>
>
> So, can someone please, pretty please, set up git:// access to the git
> repository for NetBSD?
>
> I think that would at least make them usable for testing without having
> to resort to FTP or rsync or whatever and subsequent hacks to get the
> first clone made. We could maybe also figure out what needs fixing in
> the CVS repo to make the conversion process work reliably and correctly.
>
There is no need for a hack just use rsync to download git repo and then clone
locally. I did it this way and it worked just fine. After initial clone add
these lines to .git/config and it should work.
[remote "origin"]
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
url = http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/repositories/git/src
Regards
Adam.